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China Condemns US Veto of Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

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China has sharply criticised the US for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Beijing said the move sent the “wrong message” and effectively gave a “green light to the continued slaughter”. The White House said the Continue Reading

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Anti-UN Protest Killings: DR Congo Soldier Sentenced to Death

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An army colonel has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his role in the killing of more than 50 demonstrators in August.  Col Mike Mikombe, the ex-commander of the elite Republican Guard in Goma city, was accused of giving orders to open fire on anti-UN protesters.  His lawyers said he […]Continue Reading

Crime

Gang Shoots Dead Seven Protesters in Haiti

Web News 27 August 2023 260 0

A gang in Haiti has shot and killed at least seven people who were marching in a big protest organised by a church leader. Hundreds of parishioners, some armed with machetes, marched through a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, in a bid to rid the area of gang members. The gang is said to have […]Continue Reading

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Pyongyang Confirms Custody of US Soldier, Travis King

Web News 3 August 2023 324 0

North Korea has confirmed custody of Travis King in its first response to requests for information on the US soldier’s whereabouts, the UN Command has said. The 23-year-old private dashed across the border from South Korea on 18 July while on a guided tour. The UN Command said it would not give more details about […]Continue Reading

Economy

UN Food Summit: Shettima Woos Foreign Investors

Web News 26 July 2023 208 0

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged foreign investors to take advantage of the opportunities in Nigeria as the country is ready for business. A statement by the Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola said Shettima made the call in his remarks at a side event of the ongoing UN Food Systems […]Continue Reading

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Mali Calls for Speedy Exit of UN Peacekeeping Force

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Mali’s foreign minister has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country “without delay”. Abdoulaye Diop accused the force, Minusma, of having “become a part of the problem in fuelling intercommunal tensions”. He was addressing the UN Security Council. Minusma has more than 13,000 troops. Its decade-old mission has Continue Reading

Health

UN seeks equal access to vaccines over Africa’s better Management of pandemic

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The President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Professor Tijjani Bande, says the world body is pushing for equal access to Covid-19 vaccines by all countries once the vaccines are available. He made this known while addressing a virtual press conference, stressing that developing countries have done better than developed countries as regards the management […]Continue Reading